.The term can include acts committed in other major bodies of water or on a shore.^The vast majority of shipping vessels are registered elsewhere, giving us little jurisdiction other than when they enter our waters.

.It does not normally include crimes committed against persons travelling on the same vessel as the perpetrator (e.g.^While simple robbery crimes normally employ pirate crews of 6 to 7 men, gangs of 70 or more may fall upon a merchant vessel when it's cargo that they are after.

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^"Piracy is the act of boarding any vessel with an intent to commit theft or any other crime, and with an intent or capacity to use force in furtherance of that act."

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^Black is a mood of anger and outrage at all the hideous crimes against humanity perpetrated in the name of allegiance to one state or another."

one passenger stealing from others on the same vessel). The term has been used to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents. .Piracy should be distinguished from privateering, which was a legitimate form of war-like activity by non-state actors, authorized by their national authorities, until this form of commerce raiding was outlawed in the 19th century.^Isn’t content filtering a legitimate behavior by private networks that are trying to manage their expenses and reduce illegal activity using their systems?

Definition

.Maritime piracy, according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982, consists of any criminal acts of violence, detention, rape, or depredation committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or aircraft that is directed on the high seas against another ship, aircraft, or against persons or property on board a ship or aircraft.^Software piracy is the criminal act of theft.

.Piracy can also be committed against a ship, aircraft, persons, or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any state, in fact piracy has been the first example of universal jurisdiction.^Secondly, it digs a chasm between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat and places the proletariat outside the activity and political conniving of all the parties within the State; but in placing itself outside all bourgeois politics, the proletariat necessarily turns against it.

Etymology

.The English "pirate" is derived from the Latin term pirata and that from Greek πειρατής (peiratēs) "brigand",[2] from πειράομαι (peiráomai) "attempt", from πεῖρα (peîra) "attempt, experience".[3] The word is also cognate to peril.^Dialogues in French and English (English) (as Editor) Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin (English) (as Annotator) Bradley, John William, 1830-1916 .

History

Ancient origins

.It may be reasonable to assume that piracy has existed for as long as the oceans were plied for commerce.^One reason is that if piracy were prevented users of pirated products may stop using the products instead of switching to the legitimate items.

The island of Lemnos long resisted Greek influence and remained a haven for Thracian pirates. During their voyages the Phoenicians seem to have sometimes resorted to piracy, and specialized in kidnapping boys and girls to be sold as slaves.[6]

^The most famous pirate utopia is that of Captain Misson and his pirate crew, who founded their intentional community, their lawless utopia of Libertalia in northern Mada-gascar in the Eighteenth century.

Constantly raiding the Adriatic Sea, the Illyrians caused many conflicts with the Roman Republic. It was not until 168 BC when the Romans finally conquered Illyria, making it a province that ended their threat.

.During the 1st century BC, there were pirate states along the Anatolian coast, threatening the commerce of the Roman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean.^After the American Revolution, pirates from the Barbary states (Algiers, Morocco) attacked American shipping off the coast of North Africa in the Mediterranean and took the crews.

^But I would point them to the most successful campaign against piracy ever – waged by the Roman general Pompey the Great in 67 BC. Pompey combined military action against the pirates, which confined them to their bases on what is now the Turkish coast, with economic incentives.

[8] He maintained an attitude of superiority and good cheer throughout his captivity. .When the pirates decided to demand a ransom of twenty talents of gold, Caesar is said to have insisted that he was worth at least fifty, and the pirates indeed raised the ransom to fifty talents.^I have pirated many games and then went out and bought them after if they are worth the money, however the said part is that only about 5% of games are really worth $50.00.

.After the ransom was paid and Caesar was released, he raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.^A few YouTube videos of pirate vessels (with pirates in them) being shot to pieces or of captured pirates swinging from the gibbet would raise the risk side of the risk/reward equation significantly.

.The Senate finally invested with powers to deal with piracy in 67 BC (the Lex Gabinia), and Pompey after three months of naval warfare managed to suppress the threat.^As for Pompey, a desperate Roman Senate granted him absolute powers over the Mediterranean.

^But I would point them to the most successful campaign against piracy ever – waged by the Roman general Pompey the Great in 67 BC. Pompey combined military action against the pirates, which confined them to their bases on what is now the Turkish coast, with economic incentives.

As early as 258 AD, the Gothic-Herulic fleet ravaged towns on the coasts of the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara. .The Aegean coast suffered similar attacks a few years later.^The subsequent twelve years of his life formed a chain of sufferings such as few men of his time had to go through.

.In 264, the Goths reached Galatia and Cappadocia, and Gothic pirates landed on Cyprus and Crete.^They operated from land enclaves, free ports; 'pirate utopias' located on islands and coastlines as yet beyond the reach of civilization.

In the process, the Goths seized enormous booty and took thousands into captivity.

.In 286 AD, Carausius, a Roman military commander of Gaulish origins, was appointed to command the Classis Britannica, and given the responsibility of eliminating Frankish and Saxon pirates who had been raiding the coasts of Armorica and Belgic Gaul.^Pompey combined military action against the pirates, which confined them to their bases on what is now the Turkish coast, with economic incentives.

^It's about pirates, who, next to Nazis and the Romans, are the most interesting historical figures.

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In the Roman province of Britannia, Saint Patrick was captured and enslaved by Irish pirates.

Early Polynesianwarriors attacked seaside and riverside villages. .They used the sea for their hit-and-run tactics - a safe place to retreat to if the battle turned against them.^Patriots of the State, they become furious enemies of the masses if the people, tired of sacrificing themselves, of being used as a passive footstool by the government, revolt against it.

Middle Ages to 19th century

.The most widely known and far reaching pirates in medieval Europe were the Vikings, warriors and looters from Scandinavia who raided from about 783 to 1066, during the Viking Age in the Early Middle Ages.^I wonder if those who are complaining about $60 dollar titles now-a-days, remember the early 90's when SNES games were routinely $70 - $85.

.They raided the coasts, rivers and inland cities of all Western Europe as far as Seville, attacked by the Norse in 844. Vikings even attacked coasts of North Africa and Italy.^They would all be led by the déclassé intellectuals of preindustrial nations, who were, unlike their comfortable Western counterparts, "unwashed" and full of revolutionary vigor.

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^Even more nightmarish, the Somali youth in Western cities may be recruited to ‘jihad’, as these six from Minnesota’s Somali community were.

.They also plundered all the coasts of the Baltic Sea, ascending the rivers of Eastern Europe as far as the Black Sea and Persia.^Show that they aren’t warriors, just ordinary guys making their living at sea, just like many of the fishermen who live on the Somali coast.

^"II. that everywhere workers’ candidates are put up alongside the bourgeois-democratic candidates, that they are as far as possible members of the League, and that their election is promoted by all possible means.

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.The lack of centralized powers all over Europe during the Middle Ages favoured pirates all over the continent.^I do not think that I need show that, for the International to be a real power, it must be able to organize within its ranks the immense majority of the proletariat of Europe , of America , of all lands.

.Toward the end of the 9th century, Muslim pirate havens were established along the coast of southern France and northern Italy.^The most famous pirate utopia is that of Captain Misson and his pirate crew, who founded their intentional community, their lawless utopia of Libertalia in northern Mada-gascar in the Eighteenth century.

[9] In 846 Muslim raiders sacked Rome and damaged the Vatican. In 911, the bishop of Narbonne was unable to return to France from Rome because the Muslims from Fraxinet controlled all the passes in the Alps. .Muslim pirates operated out of the Balearic Islands in the 10th century.^The Pirates close out the century on a relatively strong note as they finish the season in strong fashion posting a 76-73 record.

.After the Slavicinvasions of the Balkan peninsula in the 5th and 6th centuries, a Slavic tribe settled the land of Pagania between Dalmatia and Zachlumia in the first half of the 7th century.^Vinayak Savarkar, the dominant personality among Indian terrorists in the first half of the twentieth century, had become leader of an anti-Muslim Hindu nationalist party.

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.These Slavs revived the old Illyrian piratical habits and often raided the Adriatic Sea.^April 9th, 2009 3:43 pm ET May be these pirates have seen the old Hollywood pirate movies and are now imitating piracy.

By 642 they invaded southern Italy and assaulted Siponte in Benevento. Their raids in the Adriatic increased rapidly, until the whole Sea was no longer safe for travel.

.The "Narentines", as they were called, took more liberties in their raiding quests while the Venetian Navy was abroad, as when it was campaigning in Sicilian waters in 827-82. As soon as the Venetian fleet would return to the Adriatic, the Narentines temporarily abandoned their habits again, even signing a Treaty in Venice and baptising their Slavic pagan leader into Christianity.^Saint Michael and Saint Ignatius The document called Organization is to a certain extent even more revealing than the Revolutionary Catechism .

^As humans invent ever more sophisticated instruments to employ in the production process, they simultaneously transform themselves into more rational, universal individuals.

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^The people who run and even use various torrent trackers are likely a bit more worried than they would have been even a month ago, but those using BitTorrent for non-infringing purposes likely need not worry.

.In 834 or 835 they broke the treaty and again the Neretva pirates raided Venetian traders returning from Benevento, and all of Venice's military attempts to punish the Marians in 839 and 840 utterly failed.^Apr 29, 2009 at 17:37 by broke radiohead, u2, iron maiden, the rolling stones… they can ALL afford to do whatever the fuck they want.

.Later, they raided the Venetians more often, together with the Arabs.^They did not know what to do with it, and more often than not made themselves and the cause of anarchism ridiculous by helping local radical politicians to seize power.

In 846 the Narentines broke through to Venice itself and raided its lagoon city of Caorle. In the middle of March of 870 they kidnapped the Roman Bishop's emissaries that were returning from the Ecclesiastical Council in Constantinople. .This caused a Byzantine military action against them that finally brought Christianity to them.^That leaves the lawless south, where much stronger military action against the islamist militias will probably be necessary (which may mean stronger backing for the Ethiopian army).

After the Arab raids on the Adriatic coast c. 872 and the retreat of the Imperial Navy, the Narentines continued their raids of Venetian waters, causing new conflicts with the Italians in 887-888. The Venetians futilely continued to fight them throughout the 10th-11th centuries.

In 937, Irish pirates sided with the Scots, Vikings, Picts, and Welsh in their invasion of England. Athelstan drove them back.

The Slavic piracy in the Baltic Sea ended with the Danish conquest of the Rani stronghold of Arkona in 1168. In the 12th century the coasts of western Scandinavia were plundered by Curonians and Oeselians from the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. .In the 13th and 14th century pirates threatened the Hanseatic routes and nearly brought sea trade to the brink of extinction.^I would also think that an armed helicopter could reach nearly any ship being threatened long before the pirates attempted to board it.

.Until about 1440, maritime trade in both the North Sea and the Baltic Sea was seriously in danger of attack by the pirates.^M/V Maersk-Alabama repels suspected pirate attacks ," Commander, US Naval Forces Central Command US Fifth Fleet Combined Maritime Forces 18 November 2009.

.H. Thomas Milhorn mentions a certain Englishman named William Maurice, convicted of piracy in 1241, as the first person known to have been hanged, drawn and quartered,[11] which would indicate that the then-ruling King Henry III took an especially severe view of this crime.^Piracy when done with the intent to deprive another person of value is a crime and can be classified as theft.

.The ushkuiniks were Novgorodian pirates who looted the cities on the Volga and Kama Rivers in the 14th century.^The most famous pirate utopia is that of Captain Misson and his pirate crew, who founded their intentional community, their lawless utopia of Libertalia in northern Mada-gascar in the Eighteenth century.

.As early as Byzantine times, the Maniots - one of Greece's toughest populations - were known as pirates.^The pirates seem to have employed music in battle, as it was said of one of the men, James White, that his "business as music was upon the poop in time of action."

^One favorite scheme is for pirates to literally interview their intended victims at port and then radio ahead to the pirate ship at sea when the time for attack approaches.

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^Up until a few years ago, one could visit a hotel overlooking Manila Bay and ask to see a pirate known as " Capt.

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.The Maniots considered piracy as a legitimate response to the fact that their land was poor and it became their main source of income.^The paper presents voluntary collective licensing as a method to combat digital music piracy and create a legitimate revenue source for the flailing music industry.

.The Haida and Tlingit tribes, who lived along the coast of southern Alaska and on islands in northwest British Columbia, were traditionally known as fierce warriors, pirates and slave-traders, raiding as far as California.^They understand that the number of pirates skyrockets when they are paid by the people who they stole from and live like kings.

On the Indian coast

Instances of Piracy in India are recorded on Vedas. .However the most interesting one is when the issue of piracy was utilized as a excuse for war.^It took a lot of time and effort, but it made sense to me to do it, since the people who’d potentially be most affected by piracy are too busy fighting piracy to actually look at the issue of piracy.

Invasion of Sindh, In Seventh century the new kingdom of Hajjaz wanted to expand Arab domination over India especially Sindh.The Arab Caliph of Baghdad was in search of an excuse to invade India. .The excuse taken was that a ship enroute from Sri Lanka to Baghdad was carrying among valuables some slave girls was looted off Debal.^However, there are some risk adverse ship owners who will accept the convoys, especially if their insurance carrier will lower premiums for convoy participants.

^Also in February the cargo ship M/V HUALIEN was taken off Taiwan, but its 21 crew haven't been seen since.

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The Caliph demanded compensation and the King Dahir of Sindh rightfully denied as the pirates were not in his control. This became an excuse for war between Arabs and Sindh.[13].Since the 14th century the Deccan (Southern Peninsular region of India) was divided into two entities: on the one side stood the Muslim-ruled Bahmani Sultanate, and on the other stood the Hindu kings rallied around the Vijayanagara Empire.^This is most unfortunate, for this contempt and hatred divide the people into two antagonistic camps, each paralyzing and undermining the other.

Continuous wars demanded frequent resupplies of fresh horses, which were imported through sea routes from Persia and Africa. .This trade was subjected to frequent raids by thriving bands of pirates based in the coastal cities of Western India.^In addition there should be Marine units attached to the naval patrol to make punitive raids against pirate bases on the Somalia mainland.

.One of such was Timoji, who operated off Anjadip Island both as a privateer (by seizing horse traders, that he rendered to the raja of Honavar) and as a pirate who attacked the Kerala merchant fleets that traded pepper with Gujarat.^It is actually pretty ironic that the Island one must now head to on short shifts and continuous sailing, to be out of reach of pirate attacks is the Tortuga of Captain Jack Sparrow film fame.

^Depp takes the coin, cuts his hand tosses it to Bloom, who cuts his hand over BOTH Depp's piece and the one his father took, and voila, one zombie pirate curse undone.

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.During the 16th and 17th centuries there was frequent European piracy against Mughal Indian vessels, especially those en route to Mecca for Hajj.^Robert Louis Stevenson's type of piracy in the 16th & 17th centuries fell into decline for four primary reasons: .

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^As for the motivations of media and entertainment companies, there is perhaps one more reason for drawing a line in the sand against piracy now.

.The situation came to a head, when Portuguese attacked and captured the vessel Rahimi which belonged to Mariam Zamani the Mughal queen, which led to the Mughal seizure of the Portuguese town Daman.^The MPAA geared its efforts towards attacking duplication labs in New York; the raids led to the seizure of over 10, 000 bootleg videos.

[14] In the 18th century, the famous Maratha privateer Kanhoji Angre ruled the seas between Mumbai and Goa.[15].The Marathas attacked British shipping and insisted that East India Company ships pay taxes if sailing through their waters.^April 9th, 2009 3:20 pm ET Security Teams with all the latest technology to defend a ship at sea should be hired by all nations sailing through these waters where piracy is possible.

.At one stage, the pirate population of Madagascar numbered close to 1000.[17]Île Sainte-Marie became a popular base for pirates throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.^British-based International Maritime Bureau said the number of pirate attacks worldwide in the first nine months of the year fell to 205 - their lowest level in 6 years.

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.The most famous pirate utopia is that of Captain Misson and his pirate crew, who allegedly founded the free colony of Libertatia in northern Madagascar in the late 17th century.^These pirates perfected the technique of planting a phoney crew member aboard the victim vessel who would then telephone to relay his ship's position and route.

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^April 9th, 2009 1:02 pm ET Why not use 3 sharpshooters firing at the same time to take out the 3 pirates and free the captain DAH .

In 1694, it was destroyed in a surprise attack by the island natives.[18]

.The southern coast of the Persian Gulf became known as the Pirate Coast as raiders based there harassed foreign shipping.^From there he sailed on the government vessel Strelok to Kastri, a southern port, where he managed to board the American merchant ship Vickery, which took him to Hakodate, japan.

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^It uses the parts that are already on the ships, and there is no clean up; just some pirate BBQ for the sharks.

In East Asia

From the 13th century, Wokou based in Japan made their debut in East Asia, initiating invasions that would persist for 300 years.

.Piracy in South East Asia began with the retreating Mongol Yuan fleet after the betrayal by their Javanese allies (who, incidentally, would found the empire of Majapahit after the Mongols left).^Incident reported to authorities who began patroling anchorage during night.

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^About 50%-60% of piracy is done by people who would never have the money to buy the content normally, so there is NO lost sales from these people.

.Marooned navy officers, consisting mostly of Cantonese and Hokkien tribesmen, set up their small gangs near river estuaries, mainly to protect themselves.^Pirate gangs are generally thought to average about 5 attacks a year, always retreating to the safety of a small local port where they are often protected by the locals.

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^Picker states that this guild was set up to protect fashion and deal with ‘style piracy’.

.They recruited locals as common foot-soldiers known as 'lang' (lanun) to set up their fortresses.^April 9th, 2009 1:22 pm ET Why not set up some kind of weapon like a rocket , and blast them when they come too close.

.They survived by utilizing their well trained pugilists, as well as marine and navigation skills, mostly along Sumatran and Javanese estuaries.^You could also employ a few ex marines like 3 per boat that are trained, but as soon as there's a hostage, they can charge ridicolous amounts!

Their strength and ferocity coincided with the impending trade growth of the maritime silk and spice routes.

.However, the most powerful pirate fleets of East Asia were those of Chinese pirates during the mid-Qing dynasty.^Most of the merchant fleet are relatively slow, lumbering vessels, in comparison with the smaller, more agile craft used by the pirates.

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.The effects large-scale piracy had on the Chinese economy were immense.^This article in particular addresses the act more and strongly defines what constitutes an act of piracy and the damaging effects on various economies.

They preyed voraciously on China's junk trade, which flourished in Fujian and Guangdong and was a vital artery of Chinese commerce. Pirate fleets exercised hegemony over villages on the coast, collecting revenue by exacting tribute and running extortion rackets. .In 1802, the menacing Zheng Yi inherited the fleet of his cousin, captain Zheng Qi, whose death provided Zheng Yi with considerably more influence in the world of piracy.^Though succinct, this article emphasizes the importance of ACTA’s cause and provides another example of the other industries being influenced by piracy.

.Zheng Yi and his wife, Zheng Yi Sao (who would eventually inherit the leadership of his pirate confederacy) then formed a pirate coalition that, by 1804, consisted of over ten thousand men.^Consistent termination of the lives and livelihoods of would be pirates will quickly put an end to this.

Their military might alone was sufficient to combat the Qing navy. .However, a combination of famine, Qing naval opposition, and internal rifts crippled piracy in China around the 1820s, and it has never again reached the same status.^Piracy in China has greatly hurt the Chinese film industry however, as law enforcement of intellectual property improves, the cultivation of film improves.

.The Buginese sailors of South Sulawesi were infamous as pirates who used to range as far west as Singapore and as far north as the Philippines in search of targets for piracy.^Many commercial programs that are commonly used (Photoshop for example) are very expensive and thus excludes a wide range of customers from purchasing it, this way “promoting” piracy.

[20].The Orang laut pirates controlled shipping in the Straits of Malacca and the waters around Singapore,[21] and the Malay and Sea Dayak pirates preyed on maritime shipping in the waters between Singapore and Hong Kong from their haven in Borneo.^As everyone continues the debate, it might be instructive to reflect on how Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore regained control of the Straits of Malacca and its approaches when a particularly violent form of piracy was on the rise in the South China Sea, the Andaman Sea and the Straits during the 1980s and 90s.

In Eastern Europe

.One example of a pirate republic in Europe from the 16th through the 18th century was Zaporizhian Sich.^In the 17th century blacks found on pirate ships were not tried with the other pirates because it was assumed they were slaves, but by the 18th century they were being executed alongside their white 'brethren'.

.Situated in the remote Steppe, it was populated with Ukrainian peasants that had run away from their feudal masters, outlaws of every sort, destitute gentry, run-away slaves from Turkish galleys, etc.^A Russian nobleman of royal ancestry, he was the most eloquent champion of the peasants in revolt against their feudal and semi-feudal masters.

In North Africa

.The Barbary pirates were pirates and privateers that operated from North African (the "Barbary coast") ports of Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers, Salé and ports in Morocco, preying on shipping in the western Mediterranean Sea from the time of the Crusades as well as on ships on their way to Asia around Africa until the early 19th century.^After the American Revolution, pirates from the Barbary states (Algiers, Morocco) attacked American shipping off the coast of North Africa in the Mediterranean and took the crews.

^It was Commodore William Bainbridge, historically one of the US Navy's most famous officers (and the one for whom the ship is named) that the early US government had deal with the Barbary pirates from Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis during the 1st and 2nd Barbary Wars of the early 19th century.

.The coastal villages and towns of Italy, Spain and Mediterranean islands were frequently attacked by them and long stretches of the Italian and Spanish coasts were almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants; after 1600 Barbary pirates occasionally entered the Atlantic and struck as far north as Iceland.^After the American Revolution, pirates from the Barbary states (Algiers, Morocco) attacked American shipping off the coast of North Africa in the Mediterranean and took the crews.

.According to Robert Davis[26][27] between 1 million and 1.25 million Europeans were captured by Barbary pirates and sold as slaves in North Africa and Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries.^Robert Louis Stevenson's type of piracy in the 16th & 17th centuries fell into decline for four primary reasons: .

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.According to the U.S. Supreme Court, the United States treated captured Barbary corsairs as prisoners of war, indicating that they were considered as legitimate privateers by at least some of their opponents, as well as by their home countries.^Although Goldman's attorneys have sent a letter demanding the Web site's operators stop posting the book, the defendants have indicated "they are not subject to the laws of the United States," the lawsuit said.

In the Caribbean

.In 1523, Jean Fleury seized two Spanish treasure ships carrying Aztec treasures from Mexico to Spain.^Piracy spread to the Caribbean in the late 16th centruy during the Elizabethan wars with Spain when treasure-laden Spanish galleons proceeding from Mexico into the Caribbean were a natural target.

[28].The great or classic era of piracy in the Caribbean extends from around 1560 up until the mid 1720s.^Their hands are mysteriously tied right up until it’s time to start pointing fingers at piracy.

.The period during which pirates were most successful was from 1700 until the 1730s.^Aether thanks them in the following, linked introduction: Pirates at PAX! by Aether Pirates of the Burning Sea had one of our most successful shows ever at PAX 08!

.Many pirates came to the Caribbean after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession.^The end of the war also allowed naval ships to concentrate on hunting down the pirates and granted the British even larger commercial interests in the Caribbean, giving an extra incentive to these efforts.

.Many people stayed in the Caribbean and became pirates shortly after that.^Stigmatizing people as 'pirates', is counterproductive even if it is only for the fact that it is a term used to label many different groups with as many different views/reasoning why they are in fact doing what they are doing.

^It's probably gonna stay like that, since so many people are still hesitant about seeing this.

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.Others, the buccaneers, arrived in the mid-to-late 17th century and made attempts at earning a living by farming and hunting on Hispaniola and nearby islands; pressed by Spanish raids and possibly failure of their means of making a living, they turned to a more lucrative occupation (not to mention more active and conducive to revenge).^They also said that the pirates were only trying to make easy money by taking works that others had payed full price for.

^The record companies on the other hand said that some records were pirated even though they were easily obtainable which means that records were not just being pirated on the basis that they were not being reissued.

.Caribbean piracy arose out of, and mirrored on a smaller scale, the conflicts over trade and colonization among the rival European powers of the time, including the empires of Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and France.^From that point until today, Marxist and anarchist currents of socialism have had separate organizations, including, at times, rival Internationals.

.Most of these pirates were of English, Dutch and French origin.^These 12" x 18" (30.5 cm x 45.7 cm) nylon pirate flags are smaller versions of the flags that flew above the ships of some of the most notorious pirates to ever sail the seas.

.Because Spain controlled most of the Caribbean, many of the attacked cities and ships belonged to the Spanish Empire and along the East coast of America and the West coast of Africa.^Armed escorts are an option, but that's a question of how many ships we have in the area – besides which most of the ships hijacked have been from foreign countries and I'm sure many of the people saying 'just give them guns' are also opposed to the 'America as world police' role.

.Dutch ships captured about 500 Spanish and Portuguese ships between 1623 and 1638.[5] Some of the best-known pirate bases were New Providence, in the Bahamas from 1715 to 1725,[29]Tortuga established in the 1640s and Port Royal after 1655. Among the most famous Caribbean pirates are Edward Teach or "Blackbeard", Calico Jack Rackham and Henry Morgan.^Now the international community needs to sell EZ-Passes to ships to establish identity and clearance requirements for ships leaving the Somali port area.

.In 1827, Britain declared that participation in the slave trade was piracy, a crime punishable by death.^The response of the state to these merry men of the seven seas was brutal - the crime of piracy carried the death sentence.

.The power of the Royal Navy was subsequently used to suppress the slave trade, and while some illegal trade, mostly with Brazil and Cuba, continued, the Atlantic slave trade would be eradicated by the middle of the 19th century.^It would be nice if Nintendo accepted this fact, and tried to find some middle ground (the Virtual Console on the Wii system could be seen as a sort of middle ground).

^After reviewing the activity of the Somali pirates and what the U.S. Navy is currently using to fight this serious problem, it would seem that what we could use are the Visby class stealth corvettes that the Swedish Navy use.

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.In the popular modern imagination, pirates of the classical period were rebellious, clever teams who operated outside the restricting bureaucracy of modern life.^Much of the outcry came from legitimate customers who said that they shouldn't be restricted by DRM, especially since people with pirated versions weren't."

.Pirates were also depicted as always raising their Jolly Roger flag when preparing to hijack a vessel.^The black ship with a black pirate flag is equipped with spikes for ripping open the sides of enemy vessels and bows reinforced with 18 tons of concrete for ramming them.

.The Jolly Roger is the traditional name for the flags of European and American pirates and a symbol for piracy that has been adopted by film-makers and toy manufacturers.^As the good prices for industrial goods are largely due to the good wages received by labor, American manufacturers are not in a position in most cases to compete with the European manufacturers.

^The African members of the pirate crew discovered many friends and relatives among the enslaved and struck off their fetters and handcuffs, regaling them with the glories of their new life of freedom.

.Pirate communities were some of the first to instate a system of checks and balances similar to the one used by the present-day United States and many other countries.^Many other Asian countries are using similar strategies.

^Unilateral initiatives are defined as “a voluntary conciliatory action presented by one party to the benefit of the other.” Examples of unilateral initiatives that have been successful are then given.

The first record of such a government aboard a pirate sloop dates to the 1600s.[31]

.Both the captain and the quartermaster were elected by the crew; they, in turn, appointed the other ship's officers.^Ship's captain prepared for pirate attack, ex-crew member says ,” CNN 10 April 2009.

.The captain of a pirate ship was often a fierce fighter in whom the men could place their trust, rather than a more traditional authority figure sanctioned by an elite.^I’ve often thought that a lot more pirates could be disposed of with stealth rather than strength.

However, when not in battle, the quartermaster usually had the real authority. .Many groups of pirates shared in whatever they seized; pirates injured in battle might be afforded special compensation similar to medical or disability insurance.^I have pirated many games and then went out and bought them after if they are worth the money, however the said part is that only about 5% of games are really worth $50.00.

.There are contemporary records that many pirates placed a portion of any captured money into a central fund that was used to compensate the injuries sustained by the crew.^There has to be an international network in place for them to launder and use this money.

Lists show standardised payments of 600 pieces of eight ($156,000 in modern currency) for the loss of a leg down to 100 pieces ($26,800) for loss of an eye. .Often all of these terms were agreed upon and written down by the pirates, but these articles could also be used as incriminating proof that they were outlaws.^Americas and the Caribbean where they inspired or joined these insurrectionary pirate crews.

.Pirates readily accepted outcasts from traditional societies, perhaps easily recognizing kindred spirits, and they were known to welcome them into the pirate fold.^Why are they turning people into pirates due to unfair limits that have nothing to do with the product itself?

.For example as many as 40% of the pirate vessels' crews were slaves liberated from captured slavers.^While watching NBC news this evening (6pm PST) A news alert was posted that a U.S. vessel was captured by Somali pirates with 20 U.S. seamen on board.

.Such practices within a pirate crew were tenuous, however, and did little to mitigate the brutality of the pirate's way of life.^If piracy stays, companies will be forced to invent ways such as those you mentioned, eliminating the demand for pirated products, thereby eliminating the problem which caused the "evolution" of the companies.

Often, the "treasure" that was stolen was food, water, alcohol, weapons, or clothing. .Other things they stole were household items like bits of soap and gear like rope and anchors, or sometimes they would keep the ship they captured (either to sell off or because it was better than their ship).^And they would never release their 93 album in brazil either, because it would not sell.

.Such items were likely to be needed immediately, rather than saved for future trade.^Rather than focusing on legal or even moral standards, such as in the Creative Commons brief also included in this bibliography, they argue from a technological viewpoint.

.Pirates tended to kill few people aboard the ships they captured; oftentimes they would kill no one if the ship surrendered, because if it became known that pirates took no prisoners, their victims would fight to the last and make victory both very difficult and costly in lives.^Fight the real pirates, the ones who steal because they want to steal.

.Contrariwise, ships would quickly surrender if they knew they would be spared.^Put about five old salts on these ships and there would be no such thing as ships being hijacked, provided they have the weapons they need.

.In one well-documented case 300 heavily armed soldiers on a ship attacked by Thomas Tew surrendered after a brief battle with none of Tew's 40-man crew being injured.^I would also think that an armed helicopter could reach nearly any ship being threatened long before the pirates attempted to board it.

The majority of plunder was in the form of cargo and ship's equipment with medicines the most highly prized. .A vessel's doctor’s chest would be worth anywhere from £300 to £400, or around $470,000 in today’s values.^Again, maybe i’m wrong as i don’t have the clearest insight to the Polish economy, but this would seem to say the average yearly income for 2007 was around $17,000 gross.

.Jewels were common plunder but not popular as they were hard to sell, and pirates, unlike the public of today, had little concept of their value.^The Nanaimo Premier Pirates would like to thank both Scott and Gary for all the hard work they put in, and wish them the best in the future.

.There is one case recorded where a pirate was given a large diamond worth a great deal more than the value of the handful of small diamonds given his crewmates as a share.^In more ways than one, in fact...

Spanish pieces of eight minted in Mexico or Seville were the standard trade currency in the American colonies. .However, every colony still used the monetary units of pounds, shillings and pence for bookkeeping while Spanish, German, French and Portuguese money were all standard mediums of exchange as British law prohibited the export of British silver coinage.^However, the Chinese still do not meet international IPR protection standards.

Until the exchange rates were standardised in the late 1700s each colony legislated its own different exchange rates. .In England, 1 piece of eight was worth 4s 3d while it was worth 8s in New York, 7s 6d in Pennsylvania and 6s 8d in Virginia.^The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

.One 18th century English shilling was worth around $58 in modern currency so a piece of eight could be worth anywhere from $246 to $465. As such, the value of pirate plunder could vary considerably depending on who recorded it and where.^Pirates were perhaps the most international and militant section of the proto-proletariat constituted by 17th and 18th century sailors.

Ordinary seamen received a part of the plunder at the captain's discretion but usually a single share. .On average, a pirate could expect the equivalent of a year's wages as his share from each ship captured while the crew of the most successful pirates would often each receive a share valued at around £1,000 ($1.17 million) at least once in their career.^Pirates captured after threatening Norfolk-based container ship ,” WVEC.com 22 May 2009.

[33].One of the larger amounts taken from a single ship was that by captain Thomas Tew from an Indian merchantman in 1692. Each ordinary seaman on his ship received a share worth £3,000 ($3.5 million) with officers receiving proportionally larger amounts as per the agreed shares with Tew himself receiving 2½ shares.^I sympathize wi' companies losin' the'r ships an' wi' families in fear fer the'r loved ones taken hostage facin' Davy Jones' locker.

It is known there were actions with multiple ships captured where a single share was worth almost double this.[33][36]

.By contrast, an ordinary seamen in the Royal Navy received 19s per month to be paid in a lump sum at the end of a tour of duty which was around half the rate paid in the Merchant Navy.^For example, even though allofmp3 claims to have paid the necessary licensing fees, the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society says that it has not received these payments for months.

.However, corrupt officers would often “tax” their crews' wage to supplement their own and the Royal Navy of the day was infamous for its reluctance to pay.^However, it has often been pointed out that he certainly would not have assumed that tone if he had any chance of being tried publicly.

From this wage, 6d per month was deducted for the maintenance of Greenwich Hospital with similar amounts deducted for the Chatham Chest, the chaplain and surgeon. Six months' pay was withheld to discourage desertion. .That this was insufficient incentive is revealed in a report on proposed changes to the RN Admiral Nelson wrote in 1803; he noted that since 1793 more than 42,000 sailors had deserted.^Saint Michael and Saint Ignatius The document called Organization is to a certain extent even more revealing than the Revolutionary Catechism .

.Roughly half of all RN crews were pressganged and these not only received lower wages than volunteers but were shackled while the vessel was docked and were never permitted to go ashore until released from service.^I never said that was ALL that was going on.

^To the owners of the vessels it is MUCH MUCH cheaper to just pay the ransom than to pay for an expensive security detail, expensive weapons, and expensive training for its crew only to lose the entire boat because of an RPG shot from 1,000 yards.

.Although the Royal Navy suffered from many morale issues, it answered the question of prize money via the 'Cruizers and Convoys' Act of 1708 which handed over the share previously gained by the Crown to the captors of the ship.^I will and should cost plenty of money to make them Royal navy marines trained to repel armed boarders.

Technically it was still possible for the Crown to get the money or a portion of it but this rarely happened. .The process of condemnation of a captured vessel and its cargo and men was given to the High Court of the Admiralty and this was the process which remained in force with minor changes throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.^Feel the pain of these poor men who barely have a fast skiff and a mothership (let alone 11 captured vessels and over 200 hostages) between them.

.Even the flag officer's share was not quite straightforward; he would only get the full one-eighth if he had no junior flag officer beneath him.^Out of the 50 or so I downloaded, I purchased 3 at a store and could not even find one at ANY store, discovering later that the best way to buy would be directly through the artist.

.The record breaker, admittedly before our wars, was the capture of the Spanish frigate the Hermione, which was carrying treasure in 1762. The value of this was so great that each individual seaman netted £485 ($1.4 million in 2008 dollars).^Passman, Michael H. “ Protections Afforded to Captured Pirates Under the Law of War and International Law ,” Tulane Maritime Law Journal 33:1 (Winter 2008).

[39] The two captains responsible, Evans and Pownall, got just on £65,000 each ($188.4 million). .In January 1807 the frigate Caroline took the Spanish San Rafael which brought in £52,000 for her captain, Peter Rainier (who had been only a Midshipman some thirteen months before).^That proposal was opposed not only by the followers of Marx but also by the Belgian delegates who took an intermediate position between Proudhon and Bakunin.

^The interesting thing is that when the curse was lifted, all those pirates who had died under the curse and became undead were restored to life (some of them only momentarily), presumably to the point in life before they perished.

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^For those of your who remember Viet Nam it was only the massive bombing of North Viet Nam that brought them back to the peace table.

.All through the wars there are examples of this kind of luck falling on captains.^Take, for example, the death of Colleen Pickett or all the dead pregnant women; it was through scientific means that they were treated, and those means were ineffective.

Another famous 'capture' was that of the Spanish frigates Thetis and Santa Brigada which were loaded with specie. They were taken by four British frigates who shared the money, each captain receiving £40,730. Each lieutenant got £5,091, the Warrant Officer group, £2,468, the midshipmen £791 and the individual seamen £182.

.It should also be noted that it was usually only the frigates which took prizes; the ships of the line were far too ponderous to be able to chase and capture the smaller ships which generally carried treasure.^"Somali pirates capture ship carrying cargo of missiles," Lloyd's List 10 November 2009.

^US Marines on US-flagged cargo ships (only US-flagged ships) won’t accomplish what you are hoping for, as we only carry about 7% (perhaps more, perhaps less) of commercial cargo to/from the US on US-flagged ships.

.Nelson always bemoaned that he had done badly out of prize money and even as a flag officer received little.^A map of the world which does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.

.This was not that he had a bad command of captains but rather that British mastery of the seas was so complete that few enemy ships dared to sail.^Two british registered ships captured in the last few days.

Punishment

A flyer describing the public execution of 16th century pirate Klein Henszlein and his crew.

.During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, once pirates were caught, justice was meted out in a summary fashion, and many ended their lives by "dancing the hempen jig", or hanging at the end of a rope.^Consistent termination of the lives and livelihoods of would be pirates will quickly put an end to this.

.Public execution was a form of entertainment at the time, and people came out to watch them as they would to a sporting event today.^I'm sure that if we threaten them but at the same time offer some help to get their country back together, they would be receptive.

Newspapers were glad to report every detail, such as recording the condemned men's last words, the prayers said by the priests for their immortal souls, and their final agonising moments on the gallows. .In England most of these executions took place at Execution Dock on the River Thames in London.^While homebrew or public domain games could be loaded onto these cartridges, most often illegally downloaded ROMs were placed on them.

In the cases of more famous prisoners, usually captains their punishments extended beyond death. .Their bodies were enclosed in iron cages (for which they were measured before their execution) and left to swing in the air until the flesh rotted off them- a process that could take as long as two years.^His father, Peter III, reigned for but a year before Catherine forced him to abdicate so she could take his place; Peter was mysteriously murdered soon after.

Privateers

.A privateer or corsair used similar methods to a pirate, but acted while in possession of a commission or letter of marque from a government or monarch authorizing the capture of merchant ships belonging to an enemy nation.^Similar to phone tapping under the Patriot Act, it impedes on individuals freedom without the concerns of national security.

.For example, the United States Constitution of 1787 specifically authorized Congress to issue letters of marque and reprisal.^That the United States of Europe can never be formed from the states as they are now constituted, considering the monstrous inequality which exists between their respective forces.

.The letter of marque was recognized by international convention and meant that a privateer could not technically be charged with piracy while attacking the targets named in his commission.^Western nations could immediately recognise Somaliland, and offer the benefits of recognition to Puntland – but only if it collaborates in eradicating piracy.

.This nicety of law did not always save the individuals concerned, however, as whether one was considered a pirate or a legally operating privateer often depended on whose custody the individual found himself in—that of the country that had issued the commission, or that of the object of attack.^One more issue to consider.

.Spanish authorities were known to execute foreign privateers with their letters of marque hung around their necks to emphasize Spain's rejection of such defenses.^As is well known to all students of the Russian Revolution, industry and commerce -- except for the heavy industry and foreign trade -- were likewise left to private enterprise from 1921 to 1928.

Furthermore, many privateers exceeded the bounds of their letters of marque by attacking nations with which their sovereign was at peace (Thomas Tew and William Kidd are notable examples), and thus made themselves liable to conviction for piracy. .However, a letter of marque did provide some cover for such pirates, as plunder seized from neutral or friendly shipping could be passed off later as taken from enemy merchants.^This article provides a good third party view on the ACTA and the preliminary steps taken against its passing.

The famous Barbary Corsairs (authorized by theOttoman Empire) of the Mediterranean were privateers, as were the Maltese Corsairs, who were authorized by the Knights of St. John, and the Dunkirkers in the service of the Spanish Empire. .From 1609 to 1616, England lost 466 merchant ships to Barbary pirates.^After the American Revolution, pirates from the Barbary states (Algiers, Morocco) attacked American shipping off the coast of North Africa in the Mediterranean and took the crews.

His patron was Queen Elizabeth I, and their relationship ultimately proved to be quite profitable for England.[42]

Privateers were a large proportion of the total military force at sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. .During the Nine Years War, the French adopted a policy of strongly encouraging privateers, including the famous Jean Bart, to attack English and Dutch shipping.^April 9th, 2009 2:29 pm ET This is the first American flagged ship that has been attacked in this area in many many years.

England lost roughly 4,000 merchant ships during the war.[43].In the following War of Spanish Succession, privateer attacks continued, Britain losing 3,250 merchant ships.^There is NO reason what so ever to have merchant ships on the open seas, unarmed and open to attack.

[44].During the War of Austrian Succession, Britain lost 3,238 merchant ships and France lost 3,434 merchant ships to the British.^There’s also an argument for giving Merchant ships crews appropriate training and arming them, but this does not square too well with the paranoid British psychosis about armed civilians.

^I'll easily go back to see it another time or 2 to get out of the house and summer heat, and be there on day one when the DVD is released.

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[43] During the American Revolution, about 55,000 American seamen served aboard the privateers.[45].The American privateers had almost 1,700 ships, and they captured 2,283 enemy ships.^April 9th, 2009 2:42 pm ET American ships are easy targets, they aren't like the mighty Russians, Chinese, etc.

[46].Between the end of the Revolutionary War and 1812, less than 30 years, Britain, France, Naples, the Barbary States, Spain, and the Netherlands seized approximately 2,500 American ships.^April 9th, 2009 2:29 pm ET This is the first American flagged ship that has been attacked in this area in many many years.

[47].Payments in ransom and tribute to the Barbary states amounted to 20% of United States government annual revenues in 1800.[48] Throughout the American Civil War, Confederate privateers successfully harassed Union merchant ships.^The document references itself as, "a civil action seeking damages and injunctive relief for copyright infringement under the copyright laws of the United States."

Modern age

Overview

.Seaborne piracy against transport vessels remains a significant issue (with estimated worldwide losses of US $13 to $16 billion per year),[50][51] particularly in the waters between the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, off the Somali coast, and also in the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, which are used by over 50,000 commercial ships a year.^An $18.2 billion worldwide loss to piracy was reported.

^As everyone continues the debate, it might be instructive to reflect on how Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore regained control of the Straits of Malacca and its approaches when a particularly violent form of piracy was on the rise in the South China Sea, the Andaman Sea and the Straits during the 1980s and 90s.

^They also built a 250,000 gallon water tank with all sorts of hydraulics and motors to move the ships and smoke and rain bars to give atmosphere.

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.A recent[52] surge in piracy off the Somali coast spurred a multi-national effort led by the United States to patrol the waters near the Horn of Africa.^"I guess a “modern, European Nation” like the United States just negotiates with terrorists."

.Modern pirates favor small boats and taking advantage of the small number of crew members on modern cargo vessels.^If I cannot bring firearms into your port, maybe I offload the firearms at sea or maybe I offload cargo to small boats offshore or maybe I just skip your port or maybe I lock them securely with a guard while in your port.

.They also use large vessels to supply the smaller attack/boarding vessels.^They have Satellite phones, GPS units, large "mother" ships that allow them to go far out to sea to stalk these ships and attack them from smaller expendable boats.

.Modern pirates can be successful because a large amount of international commerce occurs via shipping.^Some time ago, a Portuguese naval ship prevented a seizure of a commercial ship by pirates and detained them, only to release them again because the Portuguese law does not have any laws against piracy.

.Major shipping routes take cargo ships through narrow bodies of water (such as the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Malacca) making them vulnerable to be overtaken and boarded by small motorboats.^I went through the Gulf of Aden on a ship a year ago.

.As usage increases, many of these ships have to lower cruising speeds to allow for navigation and traffic control, making them prime targets for piracy.^Piracy of Microsoft products subsequently increased and contrary to logic, this led Microsoft to further invest in China in an attempt to promote legal usage of Microsoft products.

^Another good note was made about the political sensitivity required to allow ships to constatly enter foreign ports, and the fact that if you make each of these ships a virtual war ship, that there are going to be a lot of international confrontations.

.Also, pirates often operate in regions of developing or struggling countries with smaller navies and large trade routes.^International tribunals: I've heard reports that the Navy is detaining Pirates and then letting them go because NO COUNTRY is willing to put them on trial.

.Pirates sometimes evade capture by sailing into waters controlled by their pursuer's enemies.^Today's pirates are total cowards and would give up the practice if they knew it meant certain immediate death if they were captured or spotted in international waters.

.With the end of the Cold War, navies have decreased size and patrol, and trade has increased, making organized piracy far easier.^Piracy and the increased accessibility pirates have to online material discourages the film industry from making titles accessible on the web.

.Modern pirates are sometimes linked with organized-crime syndicates, but often are parts of small individual groups.^That ain’t no rubber dinghy with a destroyer along side doing nothing… a small group of pirates is not fending off the US navy..

.The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) maintains statistics regarding pirate attacks dating back to 1995. Their records indicate hostage-taking overwhelmingly dominates the types of violence against seafarers.^The more the pirate gangs have to invest in taking a ship to overcome these complications, the more brutal and ferocious the attacks will ultimately become to make these investments worthwhile.

.For example in 2006, there were 239 attacks, 77 crew members were kidnapped and 188 taken hostage but only 15 of the pirate attacks resulted in murder.^Anyone else proud of the fact that the only pirate attack on Americans in the past 300 years ended with the pirates cowering in a dinghy waiting to be blown up by a destroyer?

.Crew members that were injured numbered 64 compared to just 17 in 2006.[56] That number does not include hostages/kidnapping where they were not injured.^In the short run they hold the boat and crew hostage longer, and maybe they even notch it up a level and kill some hostages.

.The number of attacks within the first nine months of 2009 have already surpassed last year’s due to the increased pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden and off Somalia.^Almost exactly a year ago, an Indian frigate operating off the coast of Somalia sank a pirate mother ship which had opened fire first.

.Between January and September the number of attacks rose to 306 from 293. The pirates boarded the vessels in 114 cases and hijacked 34 of them so far in 2009. Gun use in pirate attacks has gone up to 176 cases from 76 last year.^Apartment prices have gone up 100% in the last year.

.In some cases, modern pirates are not interested in the cargo and are mainly interested in taking the personal belongings of the crew and the contents of the ship's safe, which might contain large amounts of cash needed for payroll and port fees.^It uses the parts that are already on the ships, and there is no clean up; just some pirate BBQ for the sharks.

.In other cases, the pirates force the crew off the ship and then sail it to a port to be repainted and given a new identity through false papers often purchased from corrupt or complicit officials.^Ship's crew are paid to sail ships not fight pirates.

.Modern piracy can also take place in conditions of political unrest.^Hard goods piracy, meanwhile, takes place in real space - a consumer either purchases a bootleg copy via a commerical source or obtains a copy from a personal source.

.For example, following the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, Thai piracy was aimed at the many Vietnamese who took to boats to escape.^It took a lot of time and effort, but it made sense to me to do it, since the people who’d potentially be most affected by piracy are too busy fighting piracy to actually look at the issue of piracy.

.Further, following the disintegration of the government of Somalia, warlords in the region have attacked ships delivering UN food aid.^Somalia is a failed state, and the piracy originating from here won't stop without a major involvement from the UN and regional players.

.Environmental action groups such as Sea Shepherd have been accused of engaging in piracy and terrorism when they ram them and throw butyric acid on their decks, and in two instances illegally boarding a Japanese whaling vessel.^You can't just attack someone until they've proved to be a threat, which is when they're on the side of your vessel throwing grappling hooks.

.While non-lethal weapons are used by the Sea Shepherd ships, their tactics and methods are considered acts of piracy by some.^An interesting fact was that the American ship did not have any type of weapons on board for them to use to protect themselves.

.The attack against the U.S. cruise ship the Seabourn Spirit offshore of Somalia in November 2005 is an example of the sophisticated pirates mariners face.^"Again facing Somali pirates, U.S. shi doesn't go quietly," Fort Worth Star-Telegram 19 November 2009.

.The pirates carried out their attack more than 100 miles (160 km) offshore with speedboats launched from a larger mother ship.^Almost exactly a year ago, an Indian frigate operating off the coast of Somalia sank a pirate mother ship which had opened fire first.

.Many nations forbid ships to enter their territorial waters or ports if the crew of the ships are armed in an effort to restrict possible piracy.^I believe this is to prevent hostile nations from sending armed warships to sea and designating them 'merchants', leaving these armed ships free to enter a lot of coastal waterways and come in range of various civilian targets.

.In modern times, ships and airplanes are hijacked for political reasons as well.^This issue is important for a political reason: the presidents of Russia and the U.S. were meeting at the same time and the article speculates that Russia was trying to improve its relations with the West.

.The perpetrators of these acts could be described as pirates (for instance, the French for "plane hijacker" is pirate de l'air, literally "air pirate"), but in English are usually termed "hijackers". An example is the hijacking of the Italian civilian passenger ship Achille Lauro, which is generally regarded as an act of piracy.^After a few pirates are wasted, then we should see a decrease in their brazen attempts to hijack the ships.

^Although the anime industry has undeniably been faced with a contraction in sales due in part to digital piracy, any legal response from these companies must be targeted towards the correct group of perpetrators, namely the pirates and not fansubbers.

.Modern pirates also use a great deal of technology.^This has a great deal to do with the nature of BitTorrent itself, and speaks to the fact that the potential for non-infringing use is so great, that the MPAA likely would not have thought it worth their time to fight what would have almost inevitably been a lost battle against the technology.

A collision between the container ship Ocean Blessing and the hijacked tanker Nagasaki Spirit occurred in the Malacca Straits at about 23:20 on 19 September 1992. Pirates had boarded the Nagasaki Spirit, removed its captain from command, set the ship on autopilot and left with the ship's master for a ransom.

.The collision and resulting fire took the lives of all the sailors of Ocean Blessing; from Nagasaki Spirit there were only 2 survivors.^In fact, there is no real conflict of interests between these two camps; there is only an immense and tragic gulf which must be bridged at all costs.

.The fire on the Nagasaki Spirit lasted for six days; the fire aboard the Ocean Blessing burned for six weeks.^As these attacks increase, we've seen six in the last week alone, the cost of doing business in that area is just going to be too high.

^Yes, lots of pirates would be killed in failed attacks but if any succeded they wouldn’t have any motivation to keep a crew alive, especially if some of the pirates had been killed or wounded in the assault.

Six bodies were eventually recovered in fishing nets. .A crackdown by the Chinese government resulted in the arrest of 38 pirates and the group's leader, a corrupt customs official, and 11 other pirates who were then executed.^Much of the outcry came from legitimate customers who said that they shouldn't be restricted by DRM, especially since people with pirated versions weren't."

.Articles like those written by the Economist indicate the pirates did not focus on robbing the crew or cargo, but instead focused on learning how to steer the ship and stole only manuals and technical information.^Erickson's article gives a different perspective on how the MPAA handles anti-piracy legislation, instead of simply what they cover during a hearing.

.USS Carter Hall tried to rescue the crew by firing several warning shots but wasn’t able to follow the ship into Somali waters.^He returned heavy fire from several pump action shotguns (highly recommended) and drove his tender over the heads of some men fallen into the water.

[67] The captives were released on payment of a ransom. .The French military later captured some of the pirates, with the support of the provisional Somali government.^While watching NBC news this evening (6pm PST) A news alert was posted that a U.S. vessel was captured by Somali pirates with 20 U.S. seamen on board.

^When the struggle was nearing its end, he advised the students to depose the Czech Provisional Government which was negotiating with the Austrian military commander, and to establish a "military committee with dictatorial powers."

[68].On June 2, 2008, the United NationsSecurity Council passed a resolution enabling the patrolling of Somali waters following this and other incidents.^"Foreign Ships Allowed to Fight Somali Pirates," Dailypress.com, 3 June 2008.

^Despite the efforts of the General Councils delegates, they succeeded in revising the resolutions of the Geneva Congress, passing a number of their resolutions, in particular on cooperation and credit.

.The Security Council resolution provided permission for six months to states cooperating with Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to enter the country's territorial waters and use "all necessary means" to stop "piracy and armed robbery at sea, in a manner consistent with international law."^Piracy is defined in Article 101 of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the 1958 Convention on the High Seas also regulates this exercise of jurisdiction.

^Unless this so called pirates are operating on international water, I think the rest of the world would be better off engaging the Somali transition government with a view of paying them taxes that they can then use to provide security along their coast line.

^This conviction, once vindicated, is not only permissible but, in the name of the most sacred of causes, mandatory, to make the International, and all the federations of other countries serve as a very powerful, effective, and, above all, popular means for establishing the great pan-Germanic state.

Several more piracy incidents have occurred in 2008 including an Ukrainianship, the MV Faina, containing an arms consignment for Kenya, including tanks and other heavy weapons, which was possibly heading towards an area of Somalia controlled by the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) after its hijacking by pirates[70] before anchoring off the Somali coast.

.The Somali pirates—in a standoff with US missile destroyer the USS Howard—asked for a $20 million ransom for the 20 crew members it held; shots were heard from the ship, supposedly because of a dispute between pirates who wanted to surrender and those who didn't.^Its crew may be murdered or held for ransom.

[71].In a separate incident, occurring near the same time (late September to early October), an Iranian cargo ship, MV Iran Deyanat, departing from China, was boarded by pirates off Somalia.^Pirates Forcing Fishermen out of Business ,” Khaleej Times , 29 September 2005.

.The ship's cargo was a matter of dispute, though some pirates have apparently been sickened, lost hair, suffered burns, and even died while on the ship.^It uses the parts that are already on the ships, and there is no clean up; just some pirate BBQ for the sharks.

.The ship was carrying around $100 million worth of oil and had a 25-man crew.^Muhumed, Malkhadir M. “Ransom is paid to Somali pirates who seized ship carrying tanks,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (5 February 2009).

.It was the latest in a week-long series of attacks along the Somali coast, and the first of these attacks to target a U.S.-flagged vessel.^Given all of the above, Somali pirates and their confederates may lie in wait along these predictable routes and wait for ships to come to them – as they inevitably will.

On Sunday, April 12, 2009, Capt. .Richard Phillips was rescued, reportedly in good condition, from his pirate captors who were shot and killed by US Navy SEALsnipers.^Let the shipowner/enablers pay their ransom money to the US NAvy not the pirates.

[75][76].Vice Admiral William E. Gortney reported the rescue began when Commander Frank Castellano, captain of the Bainbridge, determined that Phillips' life was in imminent danger and ordered the action.

In July 2009 Finnish-owned ship MV Arctic Sea sailing under Maltese flag was allegedly hijacked in the territorial waters of Sweden by a group of eight to ten pirates disguised as policemen.

.According to some sources, the pirates held the ship for 12 hours, went through the cargo and later released the ship and the crew.^"Keeping Ships and Cargos Safe from Pirates," APBnews.com , 9 June 2000.

^Yes, lots of pirates would be killed in failed attacks but if any succeded they wouldn’t have any motivation to keep a crew alive, especially if some of the pirates had been killed or wounded in the assault.

[77] However, an investigation into the incident is underway amidst speculation regarding the ship's actual cargo, allegations of cover-up by Russian authorities and Israeli involvement.

.Authorities estimate that only between 50%[78][79] to as low as 10%[80] of pirate attacks are actually reported (so as not to increase insurance premiums).^It’s worth bearing in mind that those who do the actual pirating on the seas tend to be low down on the piratical totem pole, and are considered utterly expendable by those at the top.

Successful attempts against piracy

.International ships equipped with helicopters patrol the waters where pirate activity has been reported, but the area is very large.^Somali Pirates Seize Second Ship,” International Relations and Security Network , 26 September 2005.

.Some ships are equipped with anti-piracy weaponry such as a sonic device that sends a sonic wave out to a directed target, creating a sound so powerful that it bursts the eardrums and shocks pirates, causing them to become disoriented enough to drop their weapons, while the vessel being pursued increases speed and engages in evasive maneuvering.^Piracy is such a powerful force that it can cause massive damage despite obstacles like “baseless supposition” and “lack of evidence”.

Legal authority

.There are legal barriers to prosecuting individuals captured in international waters.^The ships can carry weapons in international waters, but there are huge number of rules and regulations pertaining to firearms in port and in territorial waters.

.Countries are struggling to apply existing maritime law, international law, and their own laws, which limits them to having jurisdiction over their own citizens.^Other countries continue to use existing laws but are attempting to enforce them more actively.

.According to piracy experts, the goal is to "deter and disrupt" pirate activity, and pirates are often detained, interrogated, disarmed, and released.^Some time ago, a Portuguese naval ship prevented a seizure of a commercial ship by pirates and detained them, only to release them again because the Portuguese law does not have any laws against piracy.

.With millions of dollars at stake, pirates have little incentive to stop.^Really, so how do you propose these “economic incentives” are delivered to the pirates in a way that makes it more attractive than holding a cargo ship hostage for millions of dollars?

Prosecutions are rare for several reasons. .Modern laws against piracy are almost non-existent.^Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Southeast Asia,” Ocean Development and International Law , 33:3/4 (July-December 2002), pp.

^Some time ago, a Portuguese naval ship prevented a seizure of a commercial ship by pirates and detained them, only to release them again because the Portuguese law does not have any laws against piracy.

.For example, the Dutch are using a 17th-century law against "sea robbery" to prosecute.^Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Southeast Asia,” Ocean Development and International Law , 33:3/4 (July-December 2002), pp.

.Warships that capture pirates have no jurisdiction to try them, and NATO does not have a detention policy in place.^Preventives are simply that - preventive measures put in place that make it so difficult for pirates in order to wear them out and tire them of the process of trying to commit digital piracy.

.Prosecutors have a hard time assembling witnesses and finding translators, and countries are reluctant to imprison pirates because they would be saddled with them upon their release.^Make it harder to pirate games than it is to buy them, because paying prices that are disproportionate to your country’s economy means you have it easy.

^Yes, lots of pirates would be killed in failed attacks but if any succeded they wouldn’t have any motivation to keep a crew alive, especially if some of the pirates had been killed or wounded in the assault.

.George Mason UNiversity professor Peter Leeson has suggested that the international community appropriate Somali territorial waters and sell them, together with the international portion of the Gulf of Aden, to a private company which would then provide security from piracy in exchange for charging tolls to world shipping through the Gulf.^Should the US government, in this case, likely USAID, require the companies to have private security to safeguard the cargo & the ship if they carry any US government cargoes?

Self protection measures and increased patrol

.First and foremost, the best protection against piracy is simply to avoid encountering them.^My first thought is that the usual piracy concerns, questionable at best with other areas, may actually be valid there.

.This can be done using the regular radar, as well as by using more advanced forms thereof (eg BAE Systems HF SWR, BAE Systems PRISM, ...^Kampl’s claim that the Game Boy Advance does not have copy protection is more or less false; the system does have a form of copy protection (as explained in the Customs and Border Patrol ruling on the GB Flash Advance Linker).

.In addition, while the non-wartime 20th century tradition has been for merchant vessels not to be armed, the U.S. Government has recently changed the rules so that it is now "best practice" for vessels to embark a team of armed private security guards.^The merchant ships need to have armed guards.

[91][92].In addition, the crew themselves can be given a weapons training[93], and warning shots, less-lethal ammunition, ...^April 9th, 2009 2:27 pm ET Here is a very simple solution and it would not cost near the amount of training the crews to handle weapons.

^To the owners of the vessels it is MUCH MUCH cheaper to just pay the ransom than to pay for an expensive security detail, expensive weapons, and expensive training for its crew only to lose the entire boat because of an RPG shot from 1,000 yards.

can be fired legally in international waters and/or when sailing under Israeli or Russian flag. Finally, similar to weapons training, remote weapon systems can be implemented to a vessel. [94]

.Other measures vessels can take to protect themselves against piracy are implementing a high freewall [95] and vessel boarding protection systems (eg.^They scuttle the boat themselves after taking the vessel : ( .

Finally, in emergency situations, warships can be called upon. .In some areas such as near Somalia, naval vessels from different nations are present that are able to intercept vessels attacking merchant vessels.^He first presents some astounding figures such as the annual loss of at least $12 billion in the fashion industry due to piracy.

For patrolling dangerous coastal waters (and/or keeping financial expenses down),robotic or remote-controlledUSV's are also sometimes used.[98] Also, both shore-launched and vessel-launched UAV's are also used by the army.[99][100]

Commerce raiders

.A wartime activity similar to piracy involves disguised warships called commerce raiders or merchant raiders, which attack enemy shipping commerce, approaching by stealth and then opening fire.^Almost exactly a year ago, an Indian frigate operating off the coast of Somalia sank a pirate mother ship which had opened fire first.

Commerce raiders operated successfully during the American Revolution. .During the American Civil War, the Confederacy sent out several commerce raiders, the most famous of which was the CSS Alabama.^Do you not realize that the peasants are backward, precisely because they have not been shaken out of their torpor by a civil war which would have aroused strife in the stagnant rural villages?

.During World War I and World War II, Germany also made use of these tactics, both in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.^It struggled to maintain contact under such conditions of both illegality and scorn around much of the world during World War II. When workers' uprisings occurred, they were usually under the influence of Soviet, Maoist, social democratic, or nationalist groups, leading to further defeats for Trotskyists.

^Despite these many tactics, the results have been the bad for both the public and the RIAA. Peer-to-peer file sharing has continued to increase and the overall public opinion of the RIAA has been greatly tarnished.

.Since commissioned naval vessels were openly used, these commerce raiders should not be considered even privateers, much less pirates—although the opposing combatants were vocal in denouncing them as such.^And even then, you’re still probably left with a card that sucks a lot of power, produces way too much heat, and uses a loud fan to compensate.

The British and the Dutch drew a line separating the Straits into two halves. The agreement was that each party would be responsible for combating piracy in their respective half. .Eventually this line became the border between Malaysia and Indonesia in the Straits.^S’pre, Malaysia, Indonesia Start Coordinated Malacca Straits Patrols,” MediaCorp News , 20 July 2004.

Law of nations

.Piracy is of note in international law as it is commonly held to represent the earliest invocation of the concept of universal jurisdiction.^Piracy is defined in Article 101 of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the 1958 Convention on the High Seas also regulates this exercise of jurisdiction.

.The crime of piracy is considered a breach of jus cogens, a conventional peremptory international norm that states must uphold.^As long as the piracy keeps bringing in riches that sustain those in power, the would not by any means consider themselves a failed state.

^Lee more explicitly lays out the fundamentals of copyright law, especially when it applies to bootlegging and piracy, and he broadens the discussion outside of the United States to international copyright law.

.Those committing thefts on the high seas, inhibiting trade, and endangering maritime communication are considered by sovereign states to be hostis humani generis (enemies of humanity).^Me mates and I have been terrorizing the high seas here for quite some time, and while the money is easy, all those lonely nights at sea is tough.

^Lee more explicitly lays out the fundamentals of copyright law, especially when it applies to bootlegging and piracy, and he broadens the discussion outside of the United States to international copyright law.

.In the United States, criminal prosecution of piracy is authorized in the U.S. Constitution, Art.^That the United States of Europe can never be formed from the states as they are now constituted, considering the monstrous inequality which exists between their respective forces.

The Congress shall have Power ... To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

.In English admiralty law, piracy was defined as petit treason during the medieval period, and offenders were accordingly liable to be drawn and quartered on conviction.^Piracy is defined in Article 101 of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the 1958 Convention on the High Seas also regulates this exercise of jurisdiction.

Piracy was redefined as a felony during the reign of Henry VIII. .In either case, piracy cases were cognizable in the courts of the Lord High Admiral.^In addition to the vagueness of fashion lingo, the Design Piracy Bills would simply cause congestion of the courts with senseless cases due to the extreme subjectivity that would be involved in fashion court cases.

English admiralty vice-admiralty judges emphasized that "neither Faith nor Oath is to be kept" with pirates; i.e. contracts with pirates and oaths sworn to them were not legally binding. Pirates were legally subject to summary execution by their captors if captured in battle. In practice, instances of summary justice and annulment of oaths and contracts involving pirates do not appear to have been common.

.Since piracy often takes place outside the territorial waters of any state, the prosecution of pirates by sovereign states represents a complex legal situation.^As this situation has now, unfortunately, made Venezuela a very good place to buy a boat I shall be returning shortly to pirate waters and keep you posted about the new Pirates of the Caribbean.

.The prosecution of pirates on the high seas contravenes the conventional freedom of the high seas.^Piracy is defined in Article 101 of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the 1958 Convention on the High Seas also regulates this exercise of jurisdiction.

.However, because of universal jurisdiction, action can be taken against pirates without objection from the flag state of the pirate vessel.^Pompey combined military action against the pirates, which confined them to their bases on what is now the Turkish coast” L .

^Fine Pirate film Against All Flags Errol Flyn proves that even with age and color he can still be the best Swashbuckler around!

Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.10 January 2010 20:11 UTCwww.aintitcool.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.This represents an exception to the principle extra territorium jus dicenti impune non paretur (the judgment of one who is exceeding his territorial jurisdiction may be disobeyed with impunity).^Piracy is the broadest exception to the principle that a ship on the high seas is subject to the protection of, and jurisdiction of, her flag state.

.In 2008 the British Foreign Office advised the Royal Navy not to detain pirates of certain nationalities as they might be able to claim asylum in Britain under British human rights legislation, if their national laws included execution, or mutilation as a judicial punishment for crimes committed as pirates.^Royal Navy won't fight pirates 'in case they claim asylum' ,” The A Register , 25 September 2008.

[107].Other influences include Sinbad the Sailor, and the recent Pirates of the Caribbeanfilms have helped kindle modern interest in piracy and have succeeded quite handsomely in box office grosses.^Though succinct, this article emphasizes the importance of ACTA’s cause and provides another example of the other industries being influenced by piracy.

Burnett, John (2002). .Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas.^Piracy is the broadest exception to the principle that a ship on the high seas is subject to the protection of, and jurisdiction of, her flag state.

Langewiesche, William (2004). The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime. North Point Press. ISBN 0-86547-581-4.

Rediker, Marcus (1987). .Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750.^Seems the pirates can capture tankers, merchant ships hundreds of miles out at sea.

Goodman, Timothy H. 'Leaving the Corsair's name to other times:' How to enforce the law of sea piracy in the 21st century through regional international agreements / Timothy H. Goodman In: Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, vol.31 (Winter 1999) nr.1, P.: 139-168.

Piracy:Out of Sight, Out of Mind?, Goorangai, RANR Occasional Papers, August (2006) Royal Australian Navy

^ Again, according to Suetonius's chronology (Julius4). Plutarch (Caesar1.8-2) says this happened earlier, on his return from Nicomedes's court. Velleius Paterculus (Roman History2:41.3-42 says merely that it happened when he was a young man.

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.Pirates are sea rogues who sail the
oceans and often attack other ships in order to steal valuables
aboard the victim's vessel or vessels.^There is NO reason what so ever to have merchant ships on the open seas, unarmed and open to attack.

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^The record companies on the other hand said that some records were pirated even though they were easily obtainable which means that records were not just being pirated on the basis that they were not being reissued.

Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same
person. .Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a
refinement of piratical morality.^Why you anyone expect them to even honor some sort of pirate code, or even have honor or morals?

I am sorry they won't let you have your sloop again, for I
scorn to do any one a mischief, when it is not to my advantage;
damn the sloop, we must sink her, and she might be of use to you.^If they fire then you fire back and sink them to the bottom of the Ocean.

.Though you are a sneaking puppy, and so are all those who will
submit to be governed by laws which rich men have made for their
own security; for the cowardly whelps have not the courage
otherwise to defend what they get by knavery; but damn ye
altogether: damn them for a pack of crafty rascals, and you, who
serve them, for a parcel of hen-hearted numbskulls.^The locals have responded by taxing all those nations involved in the only way they could.

.They vilify us,
the scoundrels do, when there is only this difference, they rob the
poor under the cover of law, forsooth, and we plunder the rich
under the protection of our own courage.^Forget international laws that don't allow ships to protect themselves, the only law of relevance there is the law of the jungle.